Harriston in Wellington County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Harriston Cenotaph

Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 4, 2025

1. Harriston Cenotaph (east side)

Inscription.
[east side]
Humanity
Erected by the citizens be the Town of Harriston
and of the Township of Minto
in memory of
our men who gave their lives
in the Great War
1914 1918
and the Second
Great War
1939 1945

[north side]
Endurance
Harriston
Thomas Brown · James Corcoran · J. Garfield Cleave · Gordon Coburn · Neil Campbell · Gerald D. Eedy · Roy Henry · Robt. Alex. Hood · Robert D. Jordan · Thomas P. Johnson · Irwin Kett · Frank Neil · Raymond P. Pritchard · Hugh M. Smith · Thomas Sutherland · Fred Ziegler

[south side]
Sacrifice
Minto
Douglas Bates · Jospeh Broughton · Lloyd Bramhill · James Bacon · George Carter · Harold Chilton · Henry Chilton · Archibald Ellis · David E. Howes M.D. · Clifford Harrison · Bernard Kennedy · Leonard Kirk · Elgin Lee · S. Lawrence · Murray Matthews · Carlyle Matthews · Crawford Newton · William G. Reeves · Milton Seiler · Byron Small · Floyd Small · James Slinger · Robert Thomson

[west side]
1939 Courage 1945
Minto
James Bell · Milton Evers · James Gordon · Harold Gilkinson · John

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Mock · Arnold Stinson · Wilmot Wallace · Victor Innanen

Harriston
Kenneth Armstrong · Harold Butler · Wallace Craigmill · Russel Hall · Kenneth Prior · Donald Schimdt · Edward Tomlin

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 43° 54.708′ N, 80° 52.137′ W. Memorial is in Harriston, Ontario, in Wellington County. It is at the intersection of Elora Street South and Mill Street (Veteran’s Way), on the right when traveling south on Elora Street South. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 75 Elora Street S, Harriston ON N0G 1Z0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Huron-Perth-Waterloo-Wellington Area

and in Southwestern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8

Harriston Cenotaph (north side) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 4, 2025

2. Harriston Cenotaph (north side)

other markers are within 21 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Founding of Harriston (here, next to this marker); The Founding of Clifford (approx. 10.8 kilometers away); Mansion House (approx. 10.8 kilometers away); 2 Elora Street (approx. 10.9 kilometers away); Clifford Cenotaph (approx. 10.9 kilometers away); The Founding of Listowel (approx. 20.9 kilometers away); Listowel Cenotaph (approx. 21 kilometers away); Andrew Edward McKeever, 1895-1919 (approx. 21 kilometers away).

Harriston Cenotaph (south side) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 4, 2025

3. Harriston Cenotaph (south side)

Harriston Cenotaph (west side) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 4, 2025

4. Harriston Cenotaph (west side)

Harriston Cenotaph image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 4, 2025

5. Harriston Cenotaph

Credits. This page was last revised on July 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 20, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 77 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 20, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.